Icons of women's sport / Steven J. Overman and Kelly Boyer Sagert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Overman, Steven J.

Contributor:

Sagert, Kelly Boyer.

Series:

Greenwood icons.

Greenwood icons

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women athletes--Biography.

Women athletes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 volumes (xxxiv, 623 pages)) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of fascinating biographies of outstanding women athletes past and present including superstars such as Nadia Comaneci, Mia Hamm, Jackie-Joyner Kersee, Danica Patrick, and Serena and Venus Williams.

Contents:

Cover; VOLUME ONE; Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Chronology; Stacy Allison; Joan Benoit; Bonnie Blair; Zola Budd; Cara- Beth Burnside; Nadia Comaneci; Gertrude Ederle; Peggy Fleming; Dawn Fraser; Althea Gibson; Steffi Graf; Florence Griffith Joyner; Dorothy Hamill; Mia Hamm; Sonja Henie; Mamie "Peanut" Johnson; Jackie Joyner- Kersee; Billie Jean King; VOLUME TWO; Olga Korbut; Julie Krone; Lisa Leslie; Nancy Lopez; Donna Lopiano; Shirley Muldowney; Martina Navratilova; Danica Patrick; Mary Lou Retton; Manon Rheaume; Dot Richardson; Dawn Riley; Wilma Rudolph; Picabo Street

Sheryl SwoopesDara Torres; Venus Williams and Serena Williams; Babe Didrikson Zaharias; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

"From tomboys to Title IX and beyond"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400668081

9798216100614

9786613523518

9781785394720

178539472X

9781280119422

128011942X

9780313385490

0313385491

OCLC:

785336680